Greetings from southern Ontario Canada's Niagara Peninsula. I stumbled upon this forum via Google while searching "Musical Theater Monitor Placement." I'm currently working with a fairly high caliber community theater group in the area, and I've found several threads already that are most helpful.
My better half has been a member of this troupe for several years, but I have avoided getting involved because my job just doesn't allow me to commit to anything where my presence is mandatory. I travel frequently, and on short notice. However, having sat through a dozen shows or so over the past several years, my ears and my ego have the better of me. The sound is appalling, and I'm crazy enough to believe I can do a better job of it than the last guy.
Anyone who knows community theater knows the crew are usually folks who failed the auditions ... but not me. I've actually got a background as a stage tech, though it goes back to the mid-Seventies. I attended two professional theater schools -- one in Montreal, the other in Toronto -- and learned just enough to make myself a threat to people who actually do know what they are doing.
My background was sound and lighting, but I've forgotten a lot, and what I remember is probably obsolete now. With that in mind I'm here to learn. I'll be asking far more questions that I offer answers, so please bear with me.
My better half has been a member of this troupe for several years, but I have avoided getting involved because my job just doesn't allow me to commit to anything where my presence is mandatory. I travel frequently, and on short notice. However, having sat through a dozen shows or so over the past several years, my ears and my ego have the better of me. The sound is appalling, and I'm crazy enough to believe I can do a better job of it than the last guy.
Anyone who knows community theater knows the crew are usually folks who failed the auditions ... but not me. I've actually got a background as a stage tech, though it goes back to the mid-Seventies. I attended two professional theater schools -- one in Montreal, the other in Toronto -- and learned just enough to make myself a threat to people who actually do know what they are doing.
My background was sound and lighting, but I've forgotten a lot, and what I remember is probably obsolete now. With that in mind I'm here to learn. I'll be asking far more questions that I offer answers, so please bear with me.
